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You want to increase the area of your garden by 400 square feet. To do this you clear a uniform border around the perimeter of the existing rectangular-shaped garden. How wide should the border be if the current dimensions of the garden are 10ft by 20ft?

Red ants cover the floor of my garden. The dirt looks as if it is moving due to the large yearly increasing number of them.

How can I cut down the number of ants from my garden?

I’m documenting my first attempt at creating a no-till garden using the “Lasagna” gardening method. I’ve been a long time fan of square foot gardening in raised beds, and am looking forward to incorporating succession planting into this type of garden as well. Many people use newspapers as a first layer instead of cardboard, but for me, it was easier to gather and use cardboard. I was careful to remove staples and any plastic packing tape on the boxes. Stay tuned for updates on how the garden does as the summer progresses.

See video garden calendar at organotill.org. Talks about using micorizzal fungi in garden beds to slow global warming as part of an intro to our no till gardening calendar. This is one of many videos that follows the gardening season chronologically in Kansas City and similar areas. We hope that people can follow along and work in their own gardens at organotill.org. Organotill.org features organic no-till methods used at Niles Home for Children’s Garden, Tracy Garden & elsewhere.

Episode 1…. In this episode, our gardening journey begins! We are building a raised bed in the “square foot garden” style, except instead of having seperate 4′ X 4′ beds, we are having one large one (with smaller squares inside the bed). We did this because of limited space. Enjoy!

Joanne has a garden that is 9 feet long by 6 feet wide. She wants to increase the dimensions of the garden by the same amount, and have the area of the new garden be 5 times the area of the present garden. What should the new dimensions be?

A beautiful North American orchid is sunk in the sand-filled beds at Kew. More tips you can use in your own garden from Kew.

Flower beds are best arranged in a very specific way. Learn how to arrange flower beds with help from a certified horticulturist in this free video clip. Expert: Donna Emery Contact: www.glovernursery.com Bio: Donna Emery has been a certified horticulturist for 20 years, has a two year degree in landscape design, and is a Utah-certified nursery professional. Filmmaker: Michael Burton Series Description: Planting a garden is hardly a passive investment to the aesthetic qualities of your home. Get garden tips and learn about planting and maintenance with help from a certified horticulturist in this free video series.

UC Davis Market Garden manager explains soil solarization with clear plastic to prepare beds for small-seeded crops like carrot. The heat kills weeds seeds. Key: do not disturb (till) the beds before planting seed. You seed straight into the beds after lifting the plastic (shallow stirring of the top 1/2 inch is alright, but you don’t want to bring up the weed seeds below the layer of heated soil).